Internet of Things Podcast: Vitamix COO blends with Bluetooth

This Vitamix blender has Bluetooth and an app.

Both Dell and Salesforce made big announcements about their internet of things plans this week, so Kevin and I try to break that down for people. We also review the latest August lock and doorbell hardware and answer a listener question from Sally about linking her Sonos with her August locks for some musical automation.

I was at the Smart Kitchen Summit this week, and ran into Tony Ciepiel, COO of Vitamix, which just launched a connected blender. He explained how to think about technology in a product designed to be an heirloom and what it means for the company’s operations to support a connected device. We also talk about sharing data across connected products and how technology changes blenders’ capabilities.